Amid the homebound anxiety of the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, Japan seemed to take solace in one sonic solution: the NiziU hit, “.”
The omnipresent song soundtracked a few of the better firsts for some of us in Tokyo: our first outdoors walk in warmer weather, our first socially distant drinking party at Yoyogi Park, or the first time we tried out TikTok by taking part in the cardio-friendly “Make You Happy” dance challenge.
It was a year of firsts for the nine members of NiziU, too. Since forming out of “,” a reality TV competition that aired in the first half of 2020, the group has topped the Oricon charts (most recently for “”), scored its first “exclusive desserts” at Lawson convenience stores and made its debut on 91AV原创 end-of-year music extravaganza “Kohaku Uta Gassen.”
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